An American mercenary has been captured
by Russian forces along with a number of Georgian soldiers according
to a report from the Russian news website Izvestia, providing more evidence
that the U.S. and NATO are covertly supporting the Georgian army in
a proxy war with Russia.

According
to the report, the mercenary is an African-American who is a NATO
instructor and an ordinance specialist. He has now been transferred
to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.

The story also backs up previous reports
of dead black Americans having been found in Tskhinvali, the capital
city of South Ossetia.

U.S. soldiers recently conducted training
programs where they instructed Georgian soldiers how to deal with unexploded
ordinance as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program.

"The U.S. military instructors
directly command and coordinate actions of mercenaries without being
involved in actual fighting, the source specified. According to intelligence
data, there are roughly 1,000 military instructors of the United States
in Georgia," states the report.

"Task force of Russia has annihilated a few
groups of mercenaries. Some of mercenaries have been captured, and investigators
are working with them, the source said."

"We have detained 10 agents of the Georgian
special services who were spying on military facilities and preparing
terrorist attacks, including on Russian territory," Alexander Bortnikov
said at a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Russia has today launched new forays into Georgia
itself even after Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili signed a cease-fire
pledge. Russia claims that Georgia has not honored the cease-fire and
continues to attack Russian positions.